FAYETTEVILLE — Reta Flowers switched from tearful to surly and back again during two hours of testimony Tuesday in the second trial of her ex-husband, who is accused of killing her mother.

Reta Flowers and Raymond Douglas, both 41, pleaded innocent to charges of first-degree murder in the death of Goldie Thornsberry. Washington County Magistrate Judge Ray Reynolds accepted the ...

Both Douglas, 42, and his ex-wife, Reta Flowers, also 42, face a charge of first-degree murder. They have both pleaded not guilty and are being tried separately.

Flowers, who also faces a first-degree murder charge, is expected to plead guilty to the lesser charge of hindering apprehension in exchange for her testimony against Douglas. She is the only ...